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Calceolarias. — Look well to all your stock, old and young, to 

 keep it clean. Aphides and their filth are utter destruction to all 

 tender foliage, and the curl of the leaf which follows their attack 

 makes a harbour from which it is difficult to dislodge them by 

 fumigation. Shade in the heat of the day, and give all possible 

 air at night, sheltering from soaking rains. Sow seed, if not 

 done, and if you wish for strong plants in the spring. 



Sudbury, Derbyshire. W. H. Holmes. 



Carnations and Picotees. — Little requires to be done before the 

 end of the month, further than keeping them clean, and seeing 

 that the pots are placed so as to insure good drainage. Prepare 

 soil for potting them off for wintering, which should be as heavy 

 as that for blooming them in : less manure, but a little more 

 coarse sand. The state of the plants must decide when they 

 should be potted off. The last week in September, or first two 

 in October, will be an excellent time. 



Slough. C. Turner. 



Cinerarias. — Seed may still be sown where late flowering plants 

 are required. Continue to take off suckers from the old stools, 

 where a sufficiency is not already obtained, or where a succession 

 of flowering plants is required. Continue shifting into larger pots 

 when necessary : remember the caution already given against 

 allowing them to be pot-bound. Be sure also to keep them free 

 from insects and mildew, — they are likely to be troublesome now. 

 Plenty of air and judicious watering are most conducive to health 

 at all seasons. A. Kendall. 



Queen Elizabeth's Walk, Stoke Newington. 



Dahlias. — This flow r er is now generally in fine bloom. We are of 

 opinion that the exhibitions for Dahlias are fixed too late ; par- 

 ticularly as so many take place about the same time in Sep- 

 tember, to the injury of all parties. Dahlia- shewing should 

 commence in earnest by the 20th of August. We have only to 

 repeat our cautions of last year (p. 253), respecting shading, 

 securing the buds, &c. We have to report a very great ad- 

 vance in fancy Dahlias again this season. They are now close 

 upon the other class in shape, and as attractive as ever in mark- 

 ing. These must not be grown in so strong or rich a soil as the 

 ordinary varieties. C. Turner. 



Slough. 



Epacrises. — The treatment for these this month is not different 

 from that for Heaths. W. H. Story. 



Ericas. — See last No. W. H. Story. 



Fuchsias. — Nothing to suggest with respect to Fuchsias this month. 



W. H. Story. 



Pelargoniums. — General attention is required now to keep the 

 plants clean from green-fly, and it must be done by fumigation. 

 If any plants are standing about out of doors, they should be either 

 put into the greenhouse or frame, but I prefer the house ; if the 

 plants are left out of doors they become sodden with wet, which 



